Category Archives: Mission Now

The New Sanctuary Movement (also know as the New Sanctuary Coalition) was founded in 2007. From their website:

“The New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC is an interfaith network of congregations, organizations, and individuals, standing publicly in solidarity with families and communities resisting detention and deportation in order to stay together. We recognize that unjust global and systemic economic relationships and racism form the basis of the injustices that affect immigrants. We seek reform of United States immigration laws to promote fairness, social and economic justice.”

The New Sanctuary Movement includes an Accompaniment Program, Immigration Rights Legal Clinics, Information for Sanctuary Communities and Jericho Walks around Immigration Control and Enforcement (ICE) offices and courthouses.… Continue

A group of congregation members met after the service last Sunday, March 29th, to discuss concrete mission projects we might undertake as a church community. A variety of ideas were raised from Connecticut environmental projects to racial justice to hunger and more. We’d like to find a variety of projects that can accommodate policy activism like writing letters as well as activities for all ages like making kits for the homeless, marches, and so forth.

The Mission Committee will be sending out a signup tool in the coming weeks so that each person or family can join in the projects that interest them and/or receive policy news of interest.… Continue

We’re building a wall! And when it comes down, it will provide warmth and care to vulnerable people. Will you help us?

From March 12th to April 2nd, bring your canned food donations to the church for a special effort – a literal and symbolic wall of hospitality to strangers and resistance to xenophobic policies. We will build in the sanctuary where everyone can see our progress.

On the final Sunday of our drive, all are welcome to join us after worship. The children of our church will lead us in a liturgy to dismantle the wall and send the cans on their way to nourish people through Christian Community Action.… Continue

Come join us for a weekend of education and advocacy in Washington, DC!

Confronting Chaos, Forging Community

Racism, Materialism and Militarism
April 21-24, 2017, Washington, DC

This year’s advocacy days in Washington DC are a timely way to put our faith into effective action while learning about the challenges. At least three people from First Presbyterian are already going. Check out the details below.
Speak with Art or Mary Hunt or Ralph Jones.

Every day we open our newspaper or internet news feed and find something appalling: the people in charge of this
country are busy attacking the free press and members of the judiciary; they seem not to care about facts; they are
taking steps to make the air and water dirtier, healthcare harder to find and more expensive. And they seem to
have emboldened those among their supporters who would judge others by their races and creeds.
Many of us are enraged or depressed. But it is time to be productive; to channel those emotions into action! As
concerned compassionate Christians we now see that whatever social justice actions we were taking before are not
enough today: we have to step it up.… Continue